Take a Giant Step

Philip Leacock
1959-12-01

From Playground to hunting ground - in a bar!
5.2
100 min

This pioneering film in the history of African-American cinema, released two years before "A Raisin In The Sun", is the coming-of-age story of a Black high-school student living in a middle-class white neighborhood in the late '50s.

Cast

Name Character Team
Johnny Nash Spencer Scott Unowned
Estelle Hemsley Grandmother Martin Unowned
Ruby Dee Christine Unowned
Frederick O'Neal Lem Scott Unowned
Beah Richards May Scott Unowned
Ellen Holly The Girl in the Bar Unowned
Paulene Myers Violet Unowned
Royce Wallace Rose Thompson Unowned
Frances Foster Poppy Unowned
Roy Glenn Minister Unowned
Dee Pollock Tony Unowned
Bill Walker Frank Unowned
Bernie Hamilton Bar Sharpie Unowned
Delmar Erickson Bobby Unowned
Sherman Raskin Alan Unowned